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I Do?

I never got a ring.I was never even dignified with the question of will you marry me and yet I have been joined eternally to my enemy.

If some guy so much as catches my eye then this unwanted husband of mines comes running out baring unloaded guns screaming LEAVE MY WOMEN ALONE! SHE IS TAKEN. Its unloaded I explain as I watch my potential lover walk away. My chest is filled with pain as my heart continues breaking

My heart has been highjacked. My love tainted. My affection stained by the most beautiful beet red dye and no matter how hard I scrub it wont come clean.

Why?

How is this legal when I was never asked “Do you?” I never stated my vows never wore a veil yet my romantic get aways and lavish dinners have been replaced with hospital visits, vials of tainted blood, a life time supply of pills, and a mile high stack of paper work to avoid ridiculous medical bills.

Lynnea April Garbutt was born in Los Angeles California. She found out about her HIV status at the age of 7. For as long as she could remember she has had dreams of being a model. The older she got the more she saw her dream fading away. She felt that no one would consider her to be beautiful because of all the hurtful things she heard said about HIV positive people. At the age of 20 she realized that no matter what people said she was still beautiful and HIV was never a part of her appearance. Lynnea wanted to spread the message that HIV could happen to anyone, and they would still be beautiful. In 2006 Lynnea, age 21, lived her dream of being a model by enlisting the help of a friend and The National Association of People With AIDS also known as NAPWA. The Positively Beautiful Fashion Show came to life during the Positive Youth Institute at The Ryan White National Youth Conference.
Lynnea, who is now 30 years old, still feels passionate about inspiring other positive people to recognize their own beauty while proving to the world that HIV has no look.
In May of 2014 Lynnea found out that another seemingly impossible dream of hers would soon come true. She grew up believing that motherhood would never be apart of her story. In November she gave birth to her beautiful HIV negative baby girl. Lynnea now knows that it is her calling to continue to educate the world about HIV/AIDS and what a positive life entails. She has experienced stigma and ignorance as well as amazing love and support. Lynnea has a story to tell and it is Positively Beautiful!